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is my rabbit going to die soon?

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Question
Hi, Just a few days ago, i accidentally dropped a 5gallon water bottle on to the rabbit's cage. It went straight into the cage and the bottle popped. Most of the water was spilled to the cage and my rabbit was about 1/3 wet. I immediately took him out of the cage and put a cloth to dry him. After that he started not moving around much. He will usually just sit in a corner or in his litter box. He doesn't seem to eat or drink much too. Only if I put the food in front of him will he eat, he will not go to the other corner of the cage to get the hay. From what I see, I don't see him having any damage from the water bottle, most likely it did not hit him. But I don't know if he got scared from that incident that he is not moving much now. Can you please tell me if there is anything I should do or check. Thank you.

Answer
Hi,

get him to a good rabbit vet immediately.  You can't get rabbits wet like this, you can't dry their undercoats properly and they will get chilled and get sick.  It is a bad sign he's not moving.  You have to get him in to a rabbit vet.  Keep putting food and water in front of him to eat and drink if that's the only way he's eating and drinking.

Get him in to a good rabbit vet immediately, first thing in the morning.  Find one if you have to here:

www.rabbit.org/vets/vets.html